[Tyler Olds]

Alright, I'm going to try to cover all questons/comments poster here.

Originally Posted by miketwalker

Is that a 1-roller system? How fast does it work? Good job on the bot.

No we have multiple rollers, look for a pic of our drive and roller system later.

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

My question is are you going to park right under the player station at the beginning of the match, and if you do that how will you trigger the release of the balls during Autonomous Mode??

Yes we are planning on goign under the players station at the beginning. We do have an alternate uato mode incase needed. However my poll that I posted shows that 60% of the teams that chose a main auto mode, chose goign for bonus ball ( http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=25380 ). If the release isnt triggered, we'll either wait or go and do somethign abd come back at the 35 sec mark.

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Also, don't forget to watch out for the DQ of breaking the imaginary line between the playing field and the ball corral

Our bot doesn't fit into the corral, and I hope I don't find a way to put it in there.

Originally Posted by jacob_dilles

wow thats amazing are you using pnumatics or motors to move the... bucket?

Pnumatics with "cables" (to hold the top part in place).

Originally Posted by Yan Wang

Question: What is at the bottom of the 'bucket' to protect the robot and itself from the impact of 18 balls?

There is proper shrowding to protect the impact, no damnage is done. Beneigh the bucket it our frame with our ball collector and drive.

Originally Posted by Beast314

I like it, it's nice to see the old team coming up with new tricks. I'll see you all in St. Louis. Who knows, maybe we'll be working together.

It will be good to see you in St. louis. Maybe the rookies (me) can teach the verteran's something .

Originally Posted by Stud Man Dan

I'm glad you guys have had such success, maybe I'll see you guys at nationals again and have late nights playing poker and driving seguways! lol

YES!!! That was a ton of fun! Go in between (I mean we would never gamble at all on a school trip).

Originally Posted by Opius88

what else can u guys do?? amazing.

We are able to collect balls, also we are planning on being able to grab the goal.

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

Ya know, when the concept was first brought up I thought, "Neat idea, but I don't think you have enough weight to work with to do that." But you pulled it off!! [/color]

Very, very cool guys! I can't wait to see it in action!!

Thanks KT, I wish you could be here with us, I miss you!

Originally Posted by Budda648

looks as though that the balls roll out through the bottom into the corral when released.

Like I said above, we have a ball collector beneigh that where our balls will come out as well, so they won't fall out.

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

What competitions are you guys going to? And do you have a good HP to be able to get most of those balls in the goal?

You will be a force to be reckoned with...especially if you get paired with a robot that is able to control a 2x ball and hang.

We are going to St. Louis, Midwest, and the championship. We are hoping for a bot that can atleast go for the bonus ball and hang from the bar. I wish we had to weight to put on a hanger, however 2 years ago we won the quality award for a bot that used the KISS principle, and I think we can do that again.

Our hp today shot 46 for 46 in less than a minute and a half that includes bending down for the balls and picking them up for himself.

Thanks to everybody that posted, any more questions keep asking. Look for more pictures soon.